downhill

Example Sentences

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The resulting floods tore through the landscape, carving deep channels as the water rushed downhill.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

The first hole is putting only, immediately getting the children’s attention as the ball rolls 65 yards downhill toward the cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Among the choicest: The champion skier from Norway starts his day with a breakfast that his father finds revolting, and he’s “too afraid” of downhill cycling to consider switching sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Morgan is a terrific passer who can attack downhill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

He felt, briefly, like a boy straining over the handlebars of a borrowed bicycle, cresting a high rise, flinging himself into the downhill.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez